Score

German Meaning

English Meaning

1. A notch or incision, especially one that is made to keep a tally.
2. Sports & Games A usually numerical record of a competitive event: keeping score.
3. Sports & Games The total number of points made by each competitor or side in a contest, either final or at a given stage: The score stood tied in the bottom of the ninth inning.
4. Sports & Games The number of points attributed to a competitor or team.
5. A result, usually expressed numerically, of a test or examination.
6. An amount due; a debt.
7. A grievance that is harbored and requires satisfaction: settle an old score.
8. A ground; a reason.
9. A group of 20 items.
10. Large numbers: Scores of people attended the rally.
11. Music The notation of a musical work.
12. Music The written form of a composition for orchestral or vocal parts.
13. Music The music written for a film or a play.
14. Slang The act of securing an advantage, especially a surprising or significant gain: "He had dropped out of school and gone for that quick dollar, that big score” ( Peter Goldman).
15. Slang The act or an instance of buying illicit drugs.
16. Slang A successful robbery.
17. Slang A sexual conquest.
18. To mark with lines or notches, especially for the purpose of keeping a record.
19. To cancel or eliminate by or as if by superimposing lines.
20. To mark the surface of (meat, for example) with usually parallel cuts.
21. Sports & Games To gain (a point) in a game or contest.
22. Sports & Games To count or be worth as points: A basket scores two points.
23. Sports & Games To keep a written record of the score or events of (a game or contest).
24. Baseball Sports & Games To cause (a base runner) to cross home plate, especially by getting a hit: scored both runners with a double.
25. To achieve; win.
26. To evaluate and assign a grade to.
27. Music To orchestrate.
28. Music To arrange for a specific instrument.
29. To criticize cuttingly; berate.
30. Slang To succeed in acquiring: scored two tickets to the play.
31. Slang To succeed in obtaining (an illicit drug): "Aging punks try to impress her with tales of . . . the different drugs they've scored” ( Art Jahnke).
32. Sports & Games To make a point in a game or contest.
33. Sports & Games To keep the score of a game or contest.
34. Slang To achieve a purpose or advantage, especially to make a surprising gain or coup: "They . . . score in places like the bond market” ( Mike Barnicle).
35. Slang To succeed in seducing someone sexually.
36. Slang To succeed in buying or obtaining an illicit drug.